shannie wrote:
: Having spent six hours today on grasscutting I have decided to rent
: out the half acre of land I don't use for allotments. As we don't
: have them here Im interested to know a little about them from
: yourselves please. For example, what is the average size of an
: allotment (yards/feet please) Do you have access to water and power?
: What is the average yearly/monthly rent. What is used to divide your
: allotments?..ie fencing etc and anything else you can think of. As
: said, allotments are not the norm here in Ireland but with the amount
: of new housing being built in the towns with postage stamp gardens I
: think I may be able to make a go of it, Im thinking along the lines
: of four in the half acre....too many??..too few?? Would love your
: imput.
:
: Thanks as always
: Shannie

There is a standard size which someone else will tell you but ours in
Plymouth are all different sizes. We have water and perimeter fencing which
is padlocked. Everyone has a key, plotholders that is. The plots are divided
by paths which in our case are just grass, others are lucky to have concrete
paths. The water is charged in addition to the rent as the water meter
charge is divided between the plotholders and is obviously different each
half year. Hope that helps

Robert The Devil's Advocate www.pafc.co.uk